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An Illustrated Timeline of the IRS Targeting Scandal

With new details emerging every day about the extent of the IRS targeting of conservative groups, FreedomWorks Creative Manager Matt Battaglia breaks down the timeline of events. Click 'read more' for images!

The condensed timeline, largely based on an awesome compilation by blogger Doug Ross:

13 May, 2013 - President Obama claims to have learned about the IRS targeting the previous Friday, "on Friday, from news reports".

15 May, 2013 - Acting Director Steven Miller is announced to be resigning in June, 2013 (when he was going to be leaving anyways).

17 May, 2013 - The New York Times reports that the White House learned of the IRS targeting five months prior to the election.

22 May, 2013 - Lois Lerner gives an opening statemen in testimony before Congress, but pleads the fifth and refuses to answer questions.

23 May, 2013 - Lois Lerner placed on administrative leave.

Note that in addition to IRS Director Shulman testifying before Congress that no targeting was happening, top officials Steven Miller and Lois Lerner were both repeatedly specifically asked about the targeting of conservative groups. Neither one revealed the investigation that they knew to be ongoing.

If you or your group was targeted or subjected to harrassment or special targeting by the IRS, share your story at irstarget.com!

There really are no words to describe how low I feel our country has sank. It's just so outrageous to believe that a sitting President would take the chances this one is taking! I guess when you believe you are totally insulated by the various czars and gang brothers, there's not too much that one would worry about, obviously.
I so love this country and it just breaks my heart to see how corrupt the government has become. Even more heartbreaking is how the seem to be winning by their dirty Chicago style politics.
I'm just one little old lady here in the woods, but one thing I will never stop doing and that is PRAYING FOR MY BELOVED AMERICA. I beg all you GOOD folks out there to do the same. Prayer is power, and IT WORKS!!!

Americans already spend some 6 billion hours and $168 billion each year complying with a complex and onerous tax code. But ObamaCare is going to make tax filing even more of a chore for consumers who received subsidies for health plans purchased through the state and federal exchanges.

As the second ObamaCare open enrollment period came to a close over the weekend, more Americans learned that they owe Uncle Sam money because they received subsidies that were too great, in many cases because they had underestimated their income levels for 2014 when they applied for coverage through the health insurance exchanges.

The practice known as Civil Asset Forfeiture is getting more attention these days, and deservedly so. Americans need to know that there is a legal mechanism for the government to empty their bank accounts, even if they haven’t been convicted or formally accused - of a crime.

We all know that Congress has some big ticket items on its agenda for next year - repealing ObamaCare, balancing the budget, reining the president’s executive authority, but receiving less attention than perhaps they should are a number of smaller regulatory battles in which the new Republican majority could make a real difference.

Washington, DC- Following news that the Obama administration refused to release documents that could prove the IRS shared taxpayer returns with the White House, FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe released the following statement:

There's a new scandal involving the Internal Revenue Service. Already deserved criticism for its targeting of conservative organizations and promulgating rules allowing ObamaCare subsidies in states that have opted out of ObamaCare, the powerful tax agency is now under fire for seizing bank accounts of Americans who've done absolutely nothing wrong.